Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-08-25

We found Capt Ketcham Glowing up tho
rlaintop scuppcls Il tie dock The captain
said he had lived on the water thirty-twn
years, ana Chat Ills f&ther, who was his first
mate, Ind been mariner eor forty-hve,
which represented cghty-Sevcn years OF OK
pericncc, and we could get the benefit Of all
this for one s. bill anal unpii Then liz
showed Us III craft which had two sofas, q
mainsai camp stools, a refrigerator a rack
for glasses poker chips aud ot,ier tackle, AMI
said her nanio was Auualeiia and that sIe
was a caiboat. Dies looked her al over ami
said that BE- supposed she was all right and
properly falii-aci-hGt where was the cat.
And then Cap Eetcbam looked confused
and said that r99 OF his passengers knew as
much as that ab .ut nautical matters, but that
if Dick thought it necessary he could run
down TO the Argyll that evening and borrow
Maltese or two 10 use in case we wanted
light squat, and so we closed the bargain and
felt entirely provided.
We embarked and stood proudly down the
bay-that is the skipper, tho i!rst mate and
stood proudly d0wn-but Dick curled up on
thesofa in the cabin and said ho thought he'd
enjoy the scenery by taking light nap; then
thirty light hearted blue bottles and seven
deer flies got aboard and went in 70 help
him enjoy Il, oal for the next hour he talked
some in his sleep and then arose and declared
war.
We reached the fishing ground at II o'clock
by the simple but beautiful process of float
ing thlther stern foremost with tho tide Tho
skipper dropped anchor, and his gray haired
Sire grabbed dozen meuhaden, inserted them
in a variety OF coffee mill and ground out a
compound which looked like dried apple stew
and smellcd rs loud as a breech leading can
non. y called this "chum.' lie cast several
spoonfus of it overheard, and said that tho
blueilsh would eagerly follow itup and swarm
about the boat ia treat numbers begging for
more. Mt oace lost the last vestigc Of re
spect had Tor bluetish, and rgged up my
tackle Meanwhile Dick bad captured most
of the flies and was deep in "Nivian's Re-
vengc; or, Tho Adventures Of Red Headed
Girl on a White Horse and said he was real
glad We had brought those menhaden along,
for he had acquired brain fever by sitting on
the hot sofa, knew be was going TO the
morgue, and wanted 70 get used 10 feeling
dead.
Wen, after the clippers venerable father
had pcrfumcd the h0y pretty thoroughly with
tho chum, be inserted my hook into a fGt
lump OF it and ] lowered away. Usually,
when fishing, / select some profound theoloe-
ical subject and have On hour or 90 20 digest
it before gotta nibble but on this occasion
my reverio was instantly broken by vicious
snatch at Fly line, q yell fron my reel and
about ton o. industries trouble running
nway with nv tGci.lc. Now, Leonard rod
is worth 500 and o buoGsh about four cents,
and the feelings with which cav him get.
ting rapidly out to sea were fast looming
rancid, when BE- suddenly charged E mind,
leaped q yard INFO the air, struck bis tail
across tho leader, failed to part it because
gave him slack, then doyo flfty feet on So
raced to wiudward ard then 20 leeward,
threw another son,clSault got under the boat
sounded again, took another header into the
mir, and finally, after ten minutcs OF Devil.
dering deviltry, he sulked alongside ana ol-
lowed me TO land him with tho net was
proud md happy / called To Dick, but he
groaned and refused to look up told him
l had a bluoisb. lie said lie wasn't sur
pised-any f,sh ought to be blueafter having